Zebra ‘poo science’

An article focussing on faecal hormones. They want to investigate the influence of challenges or ‘stressors’ on the population of the Cape Mountain Zebra. These stressors can be habitat destruction, tourists, climate change, …

A new UN report warns that illegal logging, illegal caviar trade, mass-killing of wild birds and poaching of bears, wolves and lynx threaten biodiversity and livelihoods in the Danube-Carpathian region stretching over 15 European countries.

Four cat species on camera in Russia

Primorsky Krai – In this region of the Russian Far East occur four different wild felid species. Although this picture is photoshopped, it’s a nice comparison of all the species. From the back to the front you have the Amur tiger, the Amur leopard, the Eurasian lynx, and the Amur leopard cat. Within a few days, a set of camera traps took these amazing pictures.

Gay lions? Not quite, despite photograph

Not sure if it’s to laugh about or to cry, but someone blamed humans for the male-on-male mounting picture taken in a reserve in Kenya. His explanation was: “Probably, they have been influenced by gays who have gone to the national parks and behaved badly”.

It’s not the first time it’s been photographed and it’s actually a rare moment of social bonding. Male lions need to work together in so called coalitions in order to be more successful.

Trump lifts ban on importing elephant trophies

The never-ending debate on trophy hunting took off once again after Trump announced the lifting on the ban on importing elephant trophies. As it’s quite controversial, a lot of negative responses came to this announcement.

The secrets behind the remarkable success of snow leopard conservation in Pakistan

This article gives some insides into the snow leopard situation in Pakistan. Herders in the mountains of Pakistan suffer from livestock depredation by snow leopards. In general, domestic livestock accounts for about 25% of snow leopards’ diet, but this is twice as high in Pakistan. This clearly is a huge area of conflict.

The most current list if the world’s top 25 most endangered primates

Rare Sunda clouded leopard and cubs caught on film

Interesting: this rare footage of a Sunda Clouded leopard and her cubs isn't what you would expect, and emphasizes the need to conserve logged forests ~ https://news.mongabay.com/2017/11/watch-rare-sighting-of-mother-sunda-clouded-leopard-and-cubs-caught-on-film/